hypostasis

/hahy-pos-tuh-sis, hi-/US // haɪˈpɒs tə sɪs, hɪ- //UK // (haɪˈpɒstəsɪs) //

本质,本质论,本质问题

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural hy·pos·ta·ses [hahy-pos-tuh-seez, hi-]. /haɪˈpɒs təˌsiz, hɪ-/.
- : Metaphysics. something that stands under and supports; foundation.the underlying or essential part of anything as distinguished from attributes; substance, essence, or essential principle.
- : Theology. one of the three real and distinct substances in the one undivided substance or essence of God.a person of the Trinity.the one personality of Christ in which His two natures, human and divine, are united.
- : Medicine/Medical. the accumulation of blood or its solid components in parts of an organ or body due to poor circulation.such sedimentation, as in a test tube.

In Plotinus it is the first stage in the unfoldment of the Godhead, and is a distinct hypostasis, though not a person.
It is rather a potential human individual, a nature not yet developed into a person or hypostasis.
The consequences of a hypostasis of the good are no less interesting than its causes.
This involved, of course, its hypostasis as the metaphysical reality of supreme importance.
Evil is here said to be a hypostasis in itself, and imparts evil qualities to other things.